Commentary
The recent African Cup of Nations tournament in Morocco touched on issues that largely transcended the sport.
Issam Kayssi, Yasmine Zarhloule
{
"authors": [],
"type": "pressRelease",
"centerAffiliationAll": "dc",
"centers": [
"Carnegie Endowment for International Peace"
],
"collections": [],
"englishNewsletterAll": "menaTransitions",
"nonEnglishNewsletterAll": "",
"primaryCenter": "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace",
"programAffiliation": "MEP",
"programs": [
"Middle East"
],
"projects": [],
"regions": [
"North Africa",
"Egypt"
],
"topics": [
"Political Reform"
]
}
REQUIRED IMAGE
Press Release
Working Group on Egypt meets with NSC staff
Members of the Working Group on Egypt had a very productive meeting with members of the National Security Staff on November 2 to discuss Egypt’s upcoming elections, prospects for political reform, and the implications for U.S. policy.
Published on Nov 2, 2010
WASHINGTON, November 2—Members of the Working Group on Egypt had a very productive meeting with members of the National Security Staff on November 2 to discuss Egypt’s upcoming elections, prospects for political reform, and the implications for U.S. policy. Participating members of the Working Group included Elliott Abrams (Council on Foreign Relations), Andrew Albertson (Project on Middle East Democracy), Daniel Calingaert (Freedom House), Scott Carpenter (Washington Institute for Near East Policy), Michele Dunne (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), Robert Kagan (Brookings Institution), Brian Katulis (Center for American Progress), Tom Malinowski (Human Rights Watch), Maria McFarland (Human Rights Watch), and Robert Satloff (Washington Institute for Near East Policy).
The National Security Staff’s Senior Director for the Central Region Dennis Ross, Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights Samantha Power, Senior Director for Global Engagement Pradeep Ramamurthy, Senior Director for the Near East and North Africa Dan Shapiro, and Senior Director for Development and Democracy Gayle Smith participated in the discussion.
NOTES
Michele Dunne is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and editor of the online journal, the Arab Reform Bulletin. A former specialist on Middle East affairs at the U.S. Department of State and White House, she served in assignments including the National Security Council staff, the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff, the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem, and the Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Her research interests include Arab politics, political and economic reform, and U.S. policies in the Middle East.
The Carnegie Middle East Program combines in-depth local knowledge with incisive comparative analysis to examine economic, socio-political, and strategic interests in the Arab world to provide analysis and recommendations in both English and Arabic that are deeply informed by knowledge and views from the region.
The Carnegie Middle East Center based in Beirut, Lebanon, aims to better inform the process of political change in the Middle East.
Carnegie's Arab Reform Bulletin analyzes political reform in the Middle East.
Press Contact: Kendra Galante, 202-939-2233, pressoffice@ceip.org
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
More Work from Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
- When Football Is More Than Football
- Rethinking Power-Sharing Agreements in LibyaArticle
The UN Support Mission in the country should reassess its approach so that consensus between the warring parties becomes the eventual goal, rather than a procedural matter that dogs the negotiating process at every turn.
Soraya Rahem
- Has Sisi Found a Competent Military Entrepreneur?Commentary
Mustaqbal Misr has expanded its portfolio with remarkable speed, but a lack of transparency remains.
Yezid Sayigh
- Women, Water, and Adaptation in Ait KhabbashCommentary
The burden of environmental degradation is felt not only through physical labor but also emotional and social loss.
Yasmine Zarhloule, Ella Williams
- Between Marginalization and Climate Change: The Resilience of Morocco’s Ait KhabbashArticle
For the traditionally nomadic Amazigh pastoralists in the Draa-Tafilalet region, environmental change has exacerbated long-standing inequities, forcing the community to adapt, which has laid bare the blind spots of state-centered climate policy frameworks.
Yasmine Zarhloule, Ella Williams
